Public bug reported:

When trying to create an access point, I am met with a fatal error with
hostapd:

nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started

What worked before no longer works today after a package upgrade.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: hostapd 1:2.1-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.14.0-031400rc5-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar  6 16:57:20 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-01 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wpa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: wpa (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  [Trusty Packaging Bug] nl80211 could not configure driver mode

Status in “wpa” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When trying to create an access point, I am met with a fatal error
  with hostapd:

  nl80211: Could not configure driver mode
  nl80211 driver initialization failed.
  hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started

  What worked before no longer works today after a package upgrade.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: hostapd 1:2.1-0ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 3.14.0-031400rc5-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar  6 16:57:20 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-01 (33 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: wpa
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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